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ALGONQUIAN

For many Algonquain tribes, such as the Passamaquoddy of Maine, the
great Glooscap was First Man, culture hero, demiurge, trickster, and
god.

Glooscap, having conquered the Kewawkqu, a race of giants and
magicians, and the Medecolin, who were cunning sorcerers, and
Pamola, a wicked spirit of the night, besides hosts of fiends,
goblins, cannibals, and witches, felt himself great indeed, and
boasted to a woman that there was nothing left for him to subdue.

But the woman laughed and said: "Are you quite sure, Master? There
is still one who remains unconquered, and nothing can overcome him."

In some suprise Glooscap inquired the name of this mighty one.

"He is called Wasis," replied the woman, "but I strongly advise you
to have no dealings with him."

Wasis was only a baby, who sat on the floor sucking a pieco of maple
sugar and crooning a little song to himself. Now Glooscap had never
married was ignorant of how children are managed, but with perfect
confidence he smiled at the baby and asked it to come to him. The
baby smiled back but never moved, whereupon Glooscap imitated a
beautiful birdsong. Wasis, however, paid no attention and went on
sucking his maple sugar. Unaccustomed to such treatment, Glooscap
lashed himself into a rage and in terrible and threatening accents
ordered Wasis to come to him at once. But Wasis burst into dire
howls, which quite drowned the god's thundering, and would not budge
for any threats.

Glooscap, thoroughly aroused, summoned all his magical resources. He
recited the most terrible spells, the most dreadful incantations. He
sang the songs which raised the dead, and those which send the devil
scurrying to the nethermost depths. But Wasis merely smiled adn
looked a trifle bored.

At last Glooscap rushed from the hut in despair, while Wasis,
sitting on the floor, cried "Goo, goo!" And to this day the Indians
say that when a baby says "Goo," he remembers the time when he
conquered mighty Glooscap.

~~~~~~From a tale reported by Lewis Spence around the turn of the
century~~~~~~